Bonds
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters in Naruto or Naruto.
'Thoughts'
POV
Chapter 1
Itachi's POV
"Sasuke is finally healthy enough to go outside." Mikoto said, beaming.
"That's great news Okasan." I said, as a small smile graced my lips.
"Itachi, since Sasuke is finally healthy enough to go outside, can you take him somewhere nice tomorrow?" Mikoto asked me.
"I will have none of that, Itachi needs to train he doesn't have time to take a failure to do stuff." Fugaku said sternly.
"You shouldn't talk about your son like that and how do you even know that he will be a failure?" Mikoto inquired.
"He already is one, he's seven years old and he doesn't even know how to throw a kunai yet. Akiko, Shisui's sister who is younger than him knows more than he does." Fugaku said angrily.
"That's, because he was very sick, it's not his fault." Mikoto said angrily.
I looked back and forth between my parents. I hadn't been able to spend much time with my baby brother since my father was an inconsiderate ass and he never let me do anything I wanted to. All I was allowed to do was train except for when I could sneak out before he noticed and then once he went out to look for me I would come back inside and spend time with my baby brother.
"Otosan it really won't set me back that far if I take a day off from training. I'm a year younger than Shisui and I can already beat him in a one on one fight." I said calmly.
"I don't care if you can beat the entire ANBU; you still aren't wasting your time with that worthless child." Fugaku said, as he stood up and left the room.
"I'm sorry Okasan, but I can't. " I whispered.
"It is fine; I'll just take him with me to Kasumi's house." Kasumi was Mikoto's sister; she had two children, Shisui and Akiko.
I stood up and went into my room, quietly closing the door behind me. Even though Sasuke and I didn't have much time to spend together we were still extremely close. I hated my father for shunning Sasuke like he did. Sasuke could always hear everything we were talking about, because even though he was born with a sickness his sense of hearing was extremely good. I'm pretty sure my father knew that, but he really didn't care if he hurt Sasuke's feeling.
Sasuke looked up to our father almost as much as he looked up to me. There were gentle knocks on my door and at first I thought it was my mother. I opened the door and standing there was my precious baby brother. He had tears falling down his cheeks, as he looked at me.
"Nii-san." Sasuke whispered, as e took a timid step forward.
"What is it Otouto?" I asked him quietly, picking him off the ground.
"Why does chichi hate me?" The young boy asked in a voice that was almost a whimper.
It hurt to see my precious Otouto like this.
"He doesn't hate you …he's just an inconsiderate ass." I said, smiling at my Otouto.
I sat down, as Sasuke giggled at my comment
He snuggled up closer to me. "I love you Nii-san," He whispered, as he threw his arms around me and buried his face into my shirt.
"I love you too Otouto." I whispered, as I began to run my hand through his silky midnight hair.
"Nii-san, we can be together forever right?" Sasuke asked, looking up at me with puppy dog eyes.
I cringed on the inside. 'With the way things were going right now we may not be able to. Heck with the way things were going now, I'm going to have to kill Shisui to obtain the Mangekyo Sharingan. But if I were to tell Sasuke that we couldn't be together forever it would crush him, so the best thing to do in this situation is lie. I don't want to leave Sasuke, I love him in more than a brotherly way …but I'll probably have to …I'll have to talk to Madara about it next time I see him. Right now all I could do was hold on to the precious moments that we have left, because soon they will be gone.'
"Of course we can Otouto." I whispered, pulling him into a tighter hug.
"I love you more than anything that exists," Sasuke whispered, planting a kiss on my cheek.
"And I love you more than that, but promise me that if anything happens you will remember my love." I whispered.
"I promise." He said.
"I'm glad, but Sasuke you'll have to get up early again if you don't want to get caught by Otosan." I said.
"That's fine, as long as I get to be near you." Sasuke said happily.
"Ok, I'll make sure to wake you up early," I said, as we got in the covers and went to bed for the night.
A/N: Well that's it for the first chapter, I know it's a little short, but the other chapters should be longer. Sasuke's sickness is the one Itachi had in the original manga. He has weak lungs and if he gets hit too hard in the chest he coughs up blood and if he pushes himself too hard he will start coughing up blood.